Kerensa Muller, aboard Fantassia, won the Trilogy Saddle “Best Seat” award at Wellington Classic Dressage’s Autumn Challenge of Champions, held in conjunction with the USDF Region 3 Championships.
Wellington, FL (October 27, 2009) – Kerensa Muller rode away the winner of the Trilogy Dressage Saddle “Best Seat” Award at Wellington Classic Dressage’s Autumn Challenge of Champions, held in conjunction with the USDF Region 3 Championships, thanks to an impressive ride on her mare Fantassia. Muller and the gray 18.1 hand, seven-year-old Hanoverian mare drew the attention of the Trilogy selection committee during the show held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center to take home the “Best Seat” Award.
“What an exciting experience to win this award,” Muller said. “I ride one of my horses in training in a Trilogy saddle. The Trilogy is very supportive of my leg and gives my leg a nice grip on the saddle and the horse.”
Muller, a renowned dressage trainer based in Wellington, Florida, was born and raised in Holland where she trained under the tutelage of Sjef Janssen for three years. Muller said she believes her strong seat developed during her early days on the back of a pony. “For seven years I rode my pony bareback and it helped develop my seat and balance,” she said. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8661
Carol Cohen’s mare Sam’t Und Seide, ridden by John Zopatti, won the TailRx “Best Tail Award” at the Wellington Classic Dressage Autumn Challenge of Champions show, held in conjunction with the USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships.
West Palm Beach, FL (October 27, 2009) – Thanks to her long and luxurious black tail, an elegant Westphalian mare owned by Carol Cohen won the TailRx “Best Tail Award” at the Wellington Classic Dressage’s Autumn Challenge of Champions show. Cohen and her mare, Sam’t Und Seide, were awarded a TailRx prize basket at the show, which was held in conjunction with the USDF Region 3 Dressage Championship, and took place at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center.
Cohen, who owns Two Swans Farm in Wellington, was thrilled to win the award from TailRx, a revolutionary new mane and tail restoration system designed for horses. John Zopatti rode Cohen’s mare, whose name means “silk and velvet,” and the pair also won the third level championship during the show. Zopatti was equally pleased that the mare won the TailRx award, as he uses the product with great success on all of the horses in his barn.
The Women’s Horse Industry Association is pleased to announce that some of the members from the association will be exhibiting at Churchill Downs November 5, 2009. The women will be in town for the annual Women’s Horse Industry Association conference and will stay an extra day to exhibit at Churchill Downs.
The members who will exhibiting are: Marla Moore, Owner of Independent Equine Agents; Joyce Jackson, owner of Animal Therapy Systems; Jodi Bray, owner of Cowgirl Rose Jewelry; Kate Richards Wilt, Director of My Racing Heart, Inc., a nonprofit rescue organization; Suzanne Mock, Owner of Feed Smart, Inc., a brand new product; Janet DelCastillo, author of the Backyard Racehorse (which has sold more than 24,000 copies); Donna Shifflette, Owner of Equine Monitors; and Sandra L. White, Director for the Center for Women in Racing, a non profit organization devoted to both horse and trainers/riders.
“We are very happy that Churchill Downs is providing this opportunity and showing their support for women in the horse industry. I know that the fans attending the races that day will enjoy meeting the women and finding out about their companies,” states WHIA Executive Director.
“Churchill Downs is excited to host the Women’s Horse Industry Association on Thursday, November 5, 2009. There are so many opportunities for women in the horse racing industry and Churchill Downs is proud to have female trainers, jockeys, owners and employees working at our track,” states Jill Reading, Director of Marketing for Churchill Downs.
The Women’s Horse Industry Association has hundreds of members worldwide. For additional information please visit www.womenshorseindustry.com.
The Women’s Horse Industry Association is very pleased to announce that West Point Thoroughbreds will be giving away a 1% interest in one of their outstanding thoroughbreds. The partial ownership will be in an unraced two-year-old bay colt by Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones out of the Seattle Slew mare Sunrise Slew named Sunrise Smarty.
West Point Thoroughbreds currently manages equine portfolios for nearly 500 partners and a stable of over 80 horses. In 2008 West Point Thoroughbreds Horses competed in over 40 stakes races and raced for more than $23 million dollars in purses, with runners in such prestigious events as The Preakness and Bemont Stakes. In 2009 West Point Thoroughbred runners have been entered in the Kentucky Oaks, Stephen Foster, Whitney, Woodward, Hawthorne Gold Cup, and Breeder’s Cup.
“This is a tremendous give-a-way. West Point Thoroughbreds has set the standard for racing syndicates and we are pretty excited about this drawing. Their horses perform exceptionally well and I know that everyone at the conference will want to have the winning ticket for this prize,” states Executive Director, Catherine Masters. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8656
Mary Simons of ReRun Thoroughbred charity asked Jamaica and his teammate Rolex to help raise money for charity by painting masterpieces known as “Moneighs.” (Photo courtesy of ReRun, Inc)
Ocala, FL (October 26, 2009) – Jamaica, the 2008 USEF Horse of the Year and member of Chester Weber’s seven-time National Four-In-Hand Combined Driving team, has taken his role as an equine ambassador seriously throughout the past year. Jamaica recently received his most colorful request ever, when the ReRun Thoroughbred charity asked Jamaica and his teammate Rolex to help raise money for charity by painting masterpieces known as “Moneighs.”
Never ones to say neigh, Jamaica and Rolex painted their works of art for ReRun’s Moneigh collection, which will be auctioned off on eBay to raise money for ReRun. The name Moneigh is derived from the name of the famous artist and the sound a horse makes.
ReRun’s Mary Simons visited Live Oak Stud in Ocala to assist Jamaica and Rolex with their paintings and was thrilled with the beautiful bay Dutch Warmbloods. “They were stunning animals and my favorites so far,” Simons said. “I had heard that sometimes Jamaica wasn’t so friendly, but he was very warm, kind and professional. He and Rolex both did their paintings with red and white paint and signed them with a black hoof print.” Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8642
Samantha brings us a complete report and interviews of the quagmire that was the Kentucky Cup Endurance Test event last week at the Kentucky Horse Park. Plus, listen in to all the latest news of the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games…
Guest: Thank you to Nancy Diedrichs for joining us to talk about her great new WEG related website called www.getreadyky.com. Check it out!
News: Ticket sales to next year’s World Games continue to be strong, with over 123,000 sold since September 25th. According to World Games Foundation CEO, Jamie Link, this means that about a third of the ticket budget has been met already. The Foundation had set a goal of $30 million for ticket sales. Marketing Director Terry Johnson also reported that 80% of the sponsorship budget has been reached, and 60% of the spots in the trade show have been sold. Read more…
News: We still have three test events to look forward to in April, and you can buy tickets for the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event starting November 1st, 2009. Buy your Rolex tickets at www.rk3de.org.
News: Our sister show, The Eventing Radio Show, has exclusive coverage of the Fair Hill CCI** and CCI*** Event last week in Maryland. The winner Boyd Martin Co-Hosts his first Eventing Radio Show.
News: We have some good news from our Spotlight Eventer Jessie Phoenix. Her advanced horse, Exponential, has just been named the Omega Alpha Canadian Event Horse of the Month, after completing the Blenheim CCI*** in England as the top placed Canadian Horse. Congrats Jessica!
Boyd Martin joins us as guest and host of this week’s show after a successful weekend at the Fairhill CCI3* when he won his first CCI in this country since taking up citizenship. Listen in as Boyd talks about the rides at the rain soaked Dansko Fair Hill International Horse Trials…
Eventing Radio Episode 46 – Boyd Martin Co-Hosts & Wins Fair Hill Too:
Race Car Driver/Eventer Liz Halliday and California Highway Patrol/Endurance Rider Kassandra DiMaggio return to give us an update on their Extreme Horsewomen lives. Listen in as we speak again with these amazing women….
Guest: Thanks to California Highway Patrol Officer and Endurance Rider Kassandra DiMaggio for returning to the show. Kassandra is an avid endurance rider and is doing very well as proven by her second place showing at Tevis. She also is the organizer of the Patriots Day Ride in Northern California.
Guest: We were thrilled to have eventer and race car driver Liz Halliday back with us from England. Liz has competed up to the 4 star level in eventing and she has had a rapid and impressive ascent up the motor racing ladder. In just two full seasons of international racing, Liz became the most successful female driver ever in the history of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), America’s most prestigious sportscar racing series.
SCHRADE EMERGES BRILLIANT WINNER OF LES ETOILES DE PAU
Pau (FRA), 25 October 2009 – Dirk Schrade (GER) jumped a beautiful clear round on King Arthus to score the first 4* win of his career in the most sensational style at Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA).
The overnight Cross-Country leader Oliver Townend (GBR) suffered the kind of misfortune which is the stuff of riders’ nightmares. Townend had already secured the HSBC FEI Classics in emphatic style and had a Jumping fence in hand to win Pau, but his mount, the 14-year-old Carousel Quest, who had given his all across country the day before, hit 7 fences and incurred time faults, collecting a cricket score of 31 which dropped him to 8th place.
The Jumping course seemed fairly straightforward, with only two related distances, but there were only four clear rounds. Two of those came from Germany, back at the head of affairs after a disastrous European Championship, and Andreas Dibowski (GER) made it a German one-two when going clear also, on Euroridings Butts Leon. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8638
Boyd Exell (AUS), winner of the FEI World Cup Driving competition in Hannover (GER). (c) Rinaldo de Craen.
EXELL CLASS OF ITS OWN IN HANNOVER
Hannover (GER), 25 October – FEI World Cup Driving title defender Boyd Exell from Australia was a class of its own at the first leg of the 2009/2010 season. Exell drove an impeccable fast round and stayed 10 seconds ahead of Koos de Ronde from the Netherlands and Tomas Eriksson from Sweden.
With four out of the six 2008/2009 World Cup finalists present, the drivers considered the first World Cup competition in Hannover as the leg with the strongest field of competitors. World Cup winner Boyd Exell, Dutch drivers IJsbrand Chardon and Koos de Ronde, Jozsef Dobrovitz from Hungary, Tomas Eriksson and wild card driver Rainer Duen performed two days at in the Messehalle in Hannover where they were cheered by many enthusiastic visitors of the German Classics horse show.
Exell had some bad luck on the first day when his spare horse Pascal was declared not fit to compete by the veterinarians. After his fourth place in the warm up competition, Exell did some fine-tuning on his horses and this resulted in two very fast rounds in the World Cup competition. Unlike his fellow competitors who all drove the same horses as last season, Exell used a new leader horse in his team in Hannover. Spitfire, a 16-year-old gelding who was formerly owned by the German four-in-hand-driver Max Dangel, moved to Exell’s stables several weeks ago and the 2008 bronze medallist at the World Championships in Beesd is very pleased with this new horse. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8636
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